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Welcome to our DDial and STS Guestbook. If you are ex DDial or STS post a message below and let the community know you are still around. Feel free to make any comments, where you're from and what you've been doing over the years, or simply a "Hey all, im still alive and kicking!" =)
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sep 19, 2023
Midnight Killer
All three Boston ddials
Hi Shawn,
I think I wrote D-Dial around 1980, so I would have been 30 then. I had a
friend at the time who was divorcing and was looking to meet new people.
They had a few articles on people who met in Compuserve chat rooms (before
AOL), but the per minute charges really added up that way. My friend
couldn't afford that.
So I figured I could write a chat system that ran on the Apple, and had the
idea to charge a flat monthly rate for access. I guess that idea caught on!
I kept working on D-Dial sporadically until about 1983. A big innovation was
the connecting of multiple systems. That was an interesting system because
everyone's "address" was just the path back to them, so it was different for
everyone on the network. That was an interesting idea that I've never seen
before or since.
Lately, I've been working on Diversi-Tune, which I initially wrote for the
2gs, but rewrote as a Java applet. Lately I've been switching to C#, and
doing some DVD creation stuff
How've you been?
Bill
I think I wrote D-Dial around 1980, so I would have been 30 then. I had a
friend at the time who was divorcing and was looking to meet new people.
They had a few articles on people who met in Compuserve chat rooms (before
AOL), but the per minute charges really added up that way. My friend
couldn't afford that.
So I figured I could write a chat system that ran on the Apple, and had the
idea to charge a flat monthly rate for access. I guess that idea caught on!
I kept working on D-Dial sporadically until about 1983. A big innovation was
the connecting of multiple systems. That was an interesting system because
everyone's "address" was just the path back to them, so it was different for
everyone on the network. That was an interesting idea that I've never seen
before or since.
Lately, I've been working on Diversi-Tune, which I initially wrote for the
2gs, but rewrote as a Java applet. Lately I've been switching to C#, and
doing some DVD creation stuff
How've you been?
Bill
Sep 8, 2023
lamune #732
Beyond Reality ddial #3 and Shore Thing STS-10
Was usually using a handle with some variant of "CoCo" in it back then. I'm out in the great Northwest now but always glad to chat with some fellow old-timers!
Aug 15, 2023
Phun Phreak
First amendment & whitehouse
I am andy owned in NJ first amendment and whitehouse..met many from Rockford IL in my day..nj brooklyn
Jul 22, 2023
Sci-Fi Guy #868
Central Control
Deeply Shrouded ran a great system! Bring it back, George!
May 26, 2023
Font
Ascii Connection, Point Zer0, Paradise, Jokertown, etc
AKA Chief Surgeon, p@, phonetic_plasma, and so on. Still alive in suburban Chicagoland. I don't do social media but can be reached as font008 at slipperyturd d0t com. Vr00p!
Mar 26, 2023
Admiral Kirk #170
EnChat, The Great Beyond, Out of The Blue, LI Chat
ATDT17183395053 (You know who you are)....so forth and so on....Can't believe I found this. Hi everyone! Tons of memories from those days. WE INVENTED THE EMOJI lol. Oh and that too. I think I was one of the last on LI Chat when it closed...long ago on a pc far far away....Wishing everyone the best. Kirkster.
Feb 26, 2023
Kaiser #1045
Point Zero, God's Country, Renegade Rendezvous, Vampire's Lair
I went by Knight's Cross on all of them. Those were the good old days. The door games, the chat, the gatherings. Oh I miss the 90's before the net.
Jan 18, 2023
Micro King #953
Conversi-Dial #53, Attic Static #41
I started out on Attic Static and then ran Conversi-Dial for several years. I frequented and used to link with several other dials. Glad to see this site is functioning again and got a makeover!
Dec 20, 2022
Schtroumpf #025
Illusive Deceptions
DDial is back! Spent lots of my formative years calling Illusive Deceptions, and now I can recreate the experience.
Dec 1, 2022
doffo #898
RMAC
Yooo! Nice site since the last time I remembered it.
Nov 11, 2022
-=>In@uBuS<=-(* #092
OOTB, Islchat, TGB, Falkenz, jeez, many
what’s up folks?
Nov 8, 2022
Merischino
FlashTalk among others
Hi I’m alive and kicking and still using technology in ways it wasn’t meant for and breaking and fixing crap myself, not as a profession. Always looking for ways to recruit people not pursuing this behavior to start doing it.
I always just, in my own mind, was just coming along for the ride with all the greats. I realize I also have skills and use them everyday but seemingly everyone I knew then, if they’re still around, are proving me right. They are indeed the greats.
I always just, in my own mind, was just coming along for the ride with all the greats. I realize I also have skills and use them everyday but seemingly everyone I knew then, if they’re still around, are proving me right. They are indeed the greats.
Nov 6, 2022
SirParadox #079
NNJ
What a blast from the past! Really cool guys!
Nov 4, 2022
Charon #254
Point Zero, Kink Heaven
PZ and KH were both local to me, so easy to just dial up and stay on all day.
I was also the SysOp of the The River Styx II BBS.
I was also the SysOp of the The River Styx II BBS.
Nov 4, 2022
☣XxSwitchBladexX☣™️ #251
PC-Connection#71, InterCHAT#17, Central Control#49, and The Jungle#62
Been DDialin since 1987 at age 16 and was introduced by someone i got to meet in the same neighborhood i lived in from West New York, NJ.
Met alot of great people along the way, and partied like it was 1999.
Met alot of great people along the way, and partied like it was 1999.
Nov 4, 2022
Joe Boo #232
Sysop SynerChat STS-14 / Gtalk-5 / bbs.chat.net
Cool to see dialchat lives on ! I’m still in NorCal, still doing tech stuff. Great to see a few familiar handles from 30 years ago! I’ll try to pop in on the next virtual meet up to say hi to more
Nov 4, 2022
https://www.aboutfaceradio.org/ #100
STS-01, NOTA (STS-??)
Yep! it's me, the same lovable asshole you knew and loved/hated.
Nov 4, 2022
Tybalt #267
2112, 5150
Sysop on 2112. IRL name is Jeff Keegan. 2112 and 5150 were both in MA.
Nov 3, 2022
Hc. #446
STS-13
°☆.。.:*・
Nov 3, 2022
Liquid Crystal #034
Magnetic Visions, Virtual Reality, Illusive Deceptions and probably others that I forgot
Hey hey, just checking to see if this microphone still works!! >>tap, tap<<
Nov 3, 2022
Sf
Three-Ring Circuit #9
I swear that there are still people in chat rooms today that can only be explained by blaming line noise.
Nov 3, 2022
GreatScott! #121
Bunker, Kaleidoscope, General Modem, Point Zero
always love a good upgrade - way to go and keep it all alive!
Nov 3, 2022
seth #133
The Jungle
133]seTh: I feel silly using a capital "T' as an adult, but that was my handle on The Jungle!
I laugh when people say nostalgic things about AIM, because back in my day...
But anyway, I'm really glad this site's had a refresh and that history is not only being preserved but is still alive. (It just feels wrong on a smartphone!)
I laugh when people say nostalgic things about AIM, because back in my day...
But anyway, I'm really glad this site's had a refresh and that history is not only being preserved but is still alive. (It just feels wrong on a smartphone!)
Nov 3, 2022
ndf #075
Savage Frontier, Active Imagination, Gak, ENTChat
This looks great! Glad to see this being updated! Thank you!
Nov 1, 2022
duckie #003
Mere Illusion
It has been three decades since I first used ddial and with this resurgence, the nostalgia is overwhelming. Great job to all who made it possible.
Oct 27, 2022
Lord Kaotic #031
Magnetic Visions, Crystal Mountain, Virtual Reality, Illusive Deceptions, Sam OBEN STS, tht one in Victoria BC...
Good times back in the day. Great to see this rendition up and running.
Oct 27, 2022
] Den [ #111
Flash-Talk #35, The Jungle (D-Dial #62, STS #12)
Web site looks great! Awesome job!
Oct 26, 2022
Marc #962
Sysop - Jungle DDial 62 and STS-12
Ddial and STS were a huge part of my success in life. I owe a tremendous amount to the community and generations of members on my systems. Its great to see and hear from ex dialers and see their kids and even relationships that began on the Jungle. I look forward to chatting with you again!
Oct 26, 2022
Deeply Shrouded #249
Central Control D-Dial #49
We are the Borg. Resistance Is Futile.
I miss my #001.
I miss my #001.
Oct 26, 2022
Winter #001
Magnetic VIsions, Illusive Deceptions, Crystal isle, Sam Oben
I was ddialing from around 1987 to 1994 in Vancouver and Victoria BC. Last place was Illusive Deceptions which was actually a GTalk system. There i built a /p BlackJack game in Pascal which earned me a Free user# as long as i was on enough for users to play it :)
